Aug 18, 2012 Localsportsjournal.com John Leonard and Jeff Dixon scored two goals each to lead the Orchard View Cardinals soccer team to an 8-0 victory over Oakridge in the season opener on Friday. Carlos Nunez, Kevin Hodge, Joey Powles and Jake Jett also scored goals for OV. Junio... READ MORE
Aug 17, 2012 SOCCER OAKRIDGE Coach: Greg Fleener, first year. Last year: 2-10. The Eagles are young and developing this season. Mike Purvis is the lone senior among a group of eight key returnees. The remaining seven are juniors and sophomores. Key junior returnees include ... READ MORE
Aug 07, 2012 By Shawn Liverance Local Sports Journal Gene Gifford has come full circle. In 1974, Gifford began his coaching career as a varsity assistant and head junior varsity coach at Alma. Gifford then became the freshman basketball coach at Oakridge from 1974-77. Now, ... READ MORE
Jul 30, 2012 Are you ready for some high school football? Counting the days until your favorite high school football team takes the field? Wondering how your team will stack up against other teams in the area? Today, Local Sports Journal announced it will be publishing a 24-page foot... READ MORE
Jul 04, 2012 By Mark Lewis Local Sports Journal What does it mean to witness a great game? Usually, it is a match up between two evenly matched squads, and most of the time there is something important on the line, like a playoff berth or a conference title or a state championship. ... READ MORE
Jun 26, 2012 By Ron Rop LocalSportsJournal.com Six area high school football players will be participating in Saturday’s Michigan High School Football Coaches Association All-Star Game. The game is scheduled for 4 p.m. at Bahlke Field at Alma College. The game pits the East vs. the W... READ MORE
Jun 19, 2012 By Ron Rop LocalSportsJournal.com Eight local high school baseball players were lauded for their efforts during the recently completed season. Orchard View infielder Josh Wieten and Oakridge infielder Patrick Giddings were named first-team all-staters by the Michigan High ... READ MORE
Jun 14, 2012 By Ron Rop Local Sports Journal The Oakridge Eagles got a first-hand look at one of the state’s premier girls soccer programs on Wednesday. Hudsonville Unity Christian is heading to the state finals for the ninth consecutive year after defeating the Eagles 2-0 in a Divis... READ MORE
Jun 12, 2012 By Mike Mattson LocalSportsJournal.com Newaygo’s baseball run toward a Division 3 state title came to a shocking end Tuesday against Mancelona. The Ironmen rallied from a 1-0 deficit by scoring a run in the sixth inning and adding the game-winning unearned run in the bot... READ MORE
Jun 12, 2012 By Ron Rop LocalSportsJournal.com Girls soccer coaches Jeff Lohman and David Hulings know exactly what they are up against in Wednesday’s state semifinal soccer games. Lohman’s Oakridge Eagles will face state power Hudsonville Unity Christian in Division 3 and Hulings�... READ MORE
Jun 12, 2012 Here are Wednesday’s semifinal pairings for the MHSAA’s girls soccer tournament DIVISION 1 Okemos vs. Rochester Adams, 6 p.m. at Holt Canton vs. Troy, 6 p.m. at Farmington DIVISION 2 Plainwell vs. DeWitt, 7 p.m. at Grand Rapids Christian Trenton vs. Bloomfield Hill... READ MORE
Jun 10, 2012 By Ron Rop localsportsjournal.com The Oakridge Eagles scored two first-half goals and made them hold up in a 2-1 victory over the Ludington Orioles on Friday night. The victory earned the Eagles their first-ever regional championship in girls soccer and moved them into the... READ MORE
Jun 09, 2012 Area sports fans, We know how much you love Muskegon area sports. And we loved bringing you the game stories, features, sports news, opinion columns and scores from throughout the community for many years. But something happened several months ago – a group of sportswriters ... READ MORE